2021 Season Countdown: #107 Keshaun Harris

 

Keshaun Harris (image via MGoBlue)

Name: Keshaun Harris
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 183 lbs.
High school: Lansing (MI) Waverly
Position: Defensive back
Class: Redshirt sophomore
Jersey number: #18
Last year: I did not rank Harris. He did not play.
TTB Rating: N/A

Defensive back - particularly cornerback - is a tough place to get on the field as a walk-on, largely because it's predicated on innate speed and athleticism. And if players have that athleticism, they get a scholarship somewhere instead of walking on at one of the biggest programs in the country. Safety Hunter Reynolds was the most recent Michigan walk-on defensive back to play significant minutes, but the past decade has only really seen three: Reynolds, safety Jordan Kovacs, and safety/linebacker Jordan Glasgow.

All that is to say that Harris probably won't see the field as a walk-on defensive back. There are a ton of safeties on the roster - though I suspect Harris is repping at corner - and the cornerbacks are all longer than Harris, faster than him, or both. I imagine Harris will spend another year on the scout team defense.

Prediction: Backup defensive back